News were saying Presto would be coming to Apple Wallet in July this year. Today I saw this search result in google titled “Presto in Apple Wallet”. They even have a picture to promote it.
But when I clicked, it said 404 not found. Guess they are testing something. Hopefully it’s a good signal that Presto support will come to Apple Wallet very soon!
I stopped using Zoho Mail last night after being a Zoho customer for nearly six years, and migrated to iCloud+ custom domain email. Zoho mail is affordable and had been providing me with a stable email hosting solution. I started with the free plan and the moved to paid subscription which only cost me ~15 canadian dollars.
Why I moved to iCloud+ custom domain email is that it’s basically free to me because I am subscribing to iCloud+. It saves me 15 bucks a year. I don’t recall if Zoho has a cap for the number of domain aliases, but iCloud+ custom domain does, limiting the number of domain aliases to Five Domains in my case (not sure if a higher iCloud+ plan gives more aliases, I am with 2TB plan). As for the email address aliases, I haven’t reached the cap yet.
I am not running a business, so some features by Zoho are not necessary. For the domains that exceed the maximum number of domain aliases, I used CloudFlare email routing to forward the emails automatically to my now iCloud emails (I have many email aliases for receiving different types of emails but I don’t use them all to send, thus forwarding is sufficient).
I updated to the iOS 18 beta (iPhone 15 Pro) when it was announced early this week. I am very impressed by the new features of this update! It’s all about customizability.
I was an Android phone user until December 2022. That’s being said, I am a pretty new iPhone user. I have been used to the iPhone and the Apple Ecosystem, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t sometimes miss the customizability of Androids.
This iOS18 gives me back some customizability I used to have – customizing the control centre. And I’d like to say it’s even better because I can customize the size of each “Control” (you see how large the Media Control is?).
Now we can decide which two icons at the bottom of the screen.
And it’s integrated into the wallpaper settings. That’s being said, you can have different sets of “controls” for different wallpapers.
Before iOS 18 we can only limit the charging up to 80%. But now with iOS 18, we have much more choices. Better for your battery health!
Now your iPhone is safer in iOS 18, because you can now use Face Id to protect apps.
You can either make an app “Require Face ID” or “Hide and Require Face ID”.
The first option makes it required to pass Face ID every time someone tries to open an app on your phone. The notifications will only have a preview in this case.
The second option hides the apps in a “Hidden” folders in the App Library. It won’t show up in the search results as well.
iOS 18 comes with a re-designed gallery app. It looks surprisingly different than the old one. We can customize the layout of the library.
But where is the Hidden Folder?
Focus mode! When I used my Galaxy S20, I could turn on Focus Mode, and all muted notifications would be indeed “muted” – I wouldn’t be able to see those notifications in the “Notification Center”. But using my iPhone, every time when I open the notification center (by scrolling down), I see the notifications from the muted applications.
Using my Android phones, I could change the fonts of my phones, globally. I don’t think iOS 18 supports this feature.
I have been missing this feature since early 2022 when I made the shift to the Apple Ecosystem. I hope that Apple can consider this feature in the near feature.
So far, I have seen the following lists of issues/bugs:
Why does Esso put a big “Forgot Password?” button like this? I think it’s very easy to press the button by mistake.
My domain panchen.ca was registered in Google Domains. However, all domains registered in Google Domains will eventually be migrated to Squarespace. My domain was migrated to Squarespace on May 28 this year.
I didn’t want my domain in Squarespace, so when the day came, I started to transfer my domain away from Squarespace. However, the process didn’t go through – I could not get the email containing the transfer auth code. My email on file was a Gmail.
I was trying to reach out to the Squarespace Support. I did manage to chat with them, but they were not really helpful. They said they would work on a fix on this problem, but they could not promise me or share with me personally when I might be able to get the transfer auth code.
I googled myself – some people had the same issues and said it was because their emails were somehow on the blacklist. I guessed it might be because I was using a Gmail, and my Gmail was associated with the old Google Domains, which might have stopped the transfer auth code from being sent.
I then changed my email on file to my university email. I requested the auth code again. This time, after ~3 hours (note that with other registrars the auth codes were usually sent instantly to me, including Google Domains), I got the auth code. Interestingly, it was sent from Google Domains, not Squarespace.
Then I transferred my domain to NameCheap.
It’s super interesting to learn that Walmarts in the states do not accept tapping. I was in Syracuse at the night of April 29. I had around two bags of items. I was ready to pay with my iPhone. The cashier told me I could only use cash, physical cards, or Walmart pay – I had to go back to the hotel to fetch my physical credit cards and came back again!
Another key difference is that Walmarts in the states didn’t charge bags – they were free, but made of papers.
The most nervous for me as a TA is when the course instructor releases the grades that I have marked. I am worried there may be complaints about my grades on Piazza (a discussion board between students and teaching staff).
Luckily, it’s been two days already, and there hasn’t been a complaint about my grading for CSC343 assignment 1 at UTM.
I have been suggested multiple times by YouTube about the Self Ramen Bar in Korea. I was impressed because that’s something I had never done before, until today.
I was heading to my favourite rice noodle restaurant – Fudao Ricenoodle. But I felt a little cold because I didn’t wear my jacket. I saw “Self Ramen Bar” just right across the street. I knew there was a “Ramen Bar” but I had never noticed “Self”. At that moment I realized the bar was probably the “Self Ramen Bar” on YouTube.
So, I went there. Ordered a Shin Ramyun. It was more delicious than when I cooked it at home – the added toppings of chicken breast were great too.
The only difference from the Self Ramen Bar on Youtube was that there were two workers there, probably because it’s something new in Canada. They were quite friendly and helpful, improving the overall experience. I wish there was a way to give tips!
[This article was polished by GPT-4]
It’s important to talk defensively, just like to drive defensively.
Recording every meeting, as I had personally experienced due to a requirement, doesn’t equate to the effective preservation of information, contrary to popular belief.
In fact, I am of the opinion that it is not a beneficial practice. The rationale behind recording meetings is often to maintain a record or archive of discussions and decisions.
However, based on my experience, this method doesn’t necessarily lead to better information retention or utilization. Instead, I believe that it may not be the most effective or positive approach to managing meeting content.
But I agree that recording “important” parts of a meeting is very useful.
My father switched to an iPhone last week. He was using two physical SIM cards but with the iPhone, he can not do it anymore. He is with Chatr right now. After doing some research I believe that Chatr doesn’t have an eSim feature. We were planning to move to another provider near the end of the Chatr monthly cycle.
But yesterday I ran into a Chatr store. I asked the worker if Chatr had eSim cards. He told me: “This is coming this month”.
While I can not find any news from Chatr Official Website to confirm this, I really hope this is true so that we don’t need to move and my father can still enjoy the bonus 500MB with his Chatr plan.